New Anyone Due in August 2004 Thread!

[Toothache]

Here we go, as promised...

Yes Dino, I am M2T. Not in disguise though, just got really bored of my name.

So this thread can be a record of the last half of our pregnancies. I'm going to print out the original as a nice log of the first 5 months of the pregnancy.

This is thread we'll all be posting on when we go into labour!! I'm all excited now.

25 working days to go !!!!! YEYEYEYEYEYEYEEEAAH!

Got my 30wk antenatal appointment today too and I hope the baby has turned. But, judging by the way both my hips are being bashed around I think the baby may be transverse now.

Feeling big and tired and uncomfortable and fed-up! BUT glad all these problems are just normal pregnancy grumbles and nothing more sinister.

Hope all is well!

Quietened down a bit here hasn't it!

Well, baby still seems reluctant to go head down, but not to worry, my hips are getting used to the daily onslaught of kicks and headbutts!

30+3 today and feeling incredibly sleepy. Don't know why!

How is everyone?

hi there, tired, dizzy, breathless etc etc 30 weeks today and counting.....
baby is head down though - good news, did a major move last week where for about an hour stomach looked like a scene from alien until he got nicely settled.
good news though my sister is hopefully flying out around time baby die to help with DS and by all accounts bringing a suitcase of goodeis from family and firneds - am soooooooo excited - now just need to get her on a flight..

that was baby due of course - should read before I post

Good news Sibble! You've not had an easy time of it. How intriguing though.... a bag of goodies!

I am feeling very down today. Had a huge argument with DH last night mostly fuelled by my hormones. I watched something on TV that upset me so I shed a tear... however, it seemed to open the flood gates and I sobbed for about 20mins whilst DH was upstairs putting ds to bed. Don't really know why.
When he came down he could see I'd been crying and I told him that I'd been sobbing for 20mins..... he replied "I'm going for a coffee and a cigaretter" (he smokes out in the garden). THat was all he said! He didn't ask if I was okay, or even WHY I was crying. When he returned I said to him that I was genuinely upset about something and he got really angry with me, saying "You're ALWAYS upset about something".... HUGE argument followed. It took him an hour to calm down and admit he'd got angry at me for no real reason and to apologise. But that was an hour of me sobbing again. Too little too late IMO.
I ended up hysterical. Big mess, feel shit.

Must have been something in the air last night as we had an argument too, made up now though. Men are such children sometimes.

30+6 today felt huge until I went to Bluewater yesterday and went into Mothercare, thought my bump is quite small really. Bought some nice baby things which cheered me up some.

28 working days to go......

He always makes me feel that his affection is conditional. He won't offer me any support or even give me a wee cuddle if he doesn't think I've got a good enough reason to be upset. I know it'll blow over, but at the moment it's really got me down and is spoiling my excitement about the baby coming. I remember being so emotional and depressed when ds was born and I had PND. DH acted exactly as he did last night. I thought this time might be different, that perhaps he'd learned from his mistakes and would be able to offer support to me when I'm an emotional cripple, but instead he shouts and screams and slams doors and stands outside and smokes. It was a frightening reminder of what is to come.

21 working days left.

I just don't think men understand how much more emotional us girls get when up the duff. My dh is generally quite considerate but just gets bemused at why I'm being weepy because I'm not usually. He just expects business as usual.

30+6 today.
Got back from 4 days in New York yesterday. Really good time but exhausting. All that walking would have been a lot even without the extra 2 stone baggage to lug about.
Worth it though and nice for just the 2 of us to get away although we did miss dd a lot.
Only frustrating bit was all that wonderful shopping and nothing for me to buy! Can't bring myself to buy any baby stuff yet. I think I'll have to wait until I see him.
Only 9 more weeks

Thanks you guys. My DH just phoned to say he's left a message at the marriage counselling centre (Scottish RELATE). We had talked about it for ages and now decided to do something about it. I want to our relationship to be much stronger than when ds was born. If my PND returns I need to know I can talk to DH about it. I'm hoping this helps. It's not a make or break situation..... just trying to make our marriage stronger.

Sponge - Glad you had a nice time. I can't believe how little time we all have left. The June thread has kicked off already and there may be a few of us that sneak onto the July one. Might only have 7wks to go!!! Being late ISN'T AN OPTION!

so sorry you're having a hard time toothache my Dp has generally been very good since I've been pregnant, he wasn't very understanding when I was pre 12 weeks feeling like s* and sleeping all the time but he's a different person since I've got the bump he loves it and says if he's annoyed at me all he has to do is look at the bump and it cheers him up. I'm getting away with murder right now all I need now is a fake bump for the next 20 years and I'm sorted.

I can't believe the time has gone so quick and it's June already. Fingers crossed I sneak into the July thread (end of would be nice).

That sounds very positive Toothache. At least he's admitting there's a problem and taking some responsibility for trying to solve it, which is probably 90% of the battle.
Fingers crossed there won't be any PND this time but if there is you're going to need him to be supportive.
Good luck.

31 weeks today! I cannot believe I only have 9 (kind of) to go and then I'll be a mum.

Hope your feeling better today toothache, I've got "at risk of PND" stamped all across my maternity notes I've suffered from depression on and off for about 10 years and came off anti depressants when I got pregnant so it's a big worry for me being prone to it in the first place.

Thanks folks - Mumsnet saved me life (literally) last time... at least I will have you all from the start this time and not 18mths down the line.

hey toothache, just popping from july. really sorry to hear things aren't tippitytoptastic for you. i also had pnd last time and am supposed to be having pre and post counselling, but the clinic has temporarily closed due to funding i wasn't a mumsnetter then but i can imagin that it would be a fantastic support. men can be so pants when it comes to upset and depression. that is really good that you dp/dh is making the effort to get you 2 working at making things better for all 3 (!) of you.
sorry, this is a crap post, what i mean to say is, really know what you are going through, and hope you have a better evening x

Thanks Dino and Madgirl.

I'm feeling a bit better today. I found a really good article on PND and printed it off for DH to read. Although I think he's read just about everything already!
We are waiting for some literature to come through the post from the Counselling Centre. We'll take it from there.

31 wks today and feeling HUGE! I have real trouble sleeping now and just cannot get comfortable. Baby feels as though it's moved position, so I'm just hoping that means it's head down! I'll find out at my MW appointment this Wednesday.

Hope everyone is doing wonderfully and blooming like a pregnant whale.... ahem.... lady should be!!

17 days left to work.....

glad you are feeling better toothache. huge here too, met somebody this week who was 35 weeks and I wasn't sure if she was pregnant or still had a 'tummy' from her DS who was 18 months until she said!!!! I am still all in the front though, can easily rest bump on a shelf now but apart from the waddle don't look much different from teh back - very weird. Last time I jsut got round, all round.
have good weekends everybody

Morning All!

Thanks Sibble.

Well 31+3 today. 3 wks and 2 days left to work... I'm making it feel soooooo far away by counting down like this, but I can't help it, I'm obsessed!

I just wrote out a list of phone numbers to put on the noticeboard in our kitchen so DH knows in which order to phone people for lifts to the hospital when the time comes (if he hasn't passed his test by then). And also a list of other numbers: Labour ward, ds's Nursery, Taxi firms etc. It was scary writing it all out.

I've half-heartedly packed a labour bag, but I need to pack some stuff for after the birth and for baby. With all the general problems I've had with this pregnancy I want to be fully prepared to be admitted to hospital before labour with high BP, or another infection.... or something else!!

How is everyone? Apparently in many places in the UK today it's to be the hottest day so far.... must have excluded Central Scotland in that, coz it ain't that warm, thankfully!

Enjoy the sunshine.

hiya toothache and everyone else.

I have just counted down 24 days to go at work (not counting today of course)I'm jealous you have got less time than me toothache .

Haven't even thought about labour bag yet think I'm in denial still. Went to antenatal/parentcraft classes last week actually felt quite intelligent some of the questions other people were asking (think it must be all the good advice on MN) maternity unit seemed quite nice definately going to try and get a private room. Also saw the SCBU and there was a 29 week old baby in there so so tiny makes me think that I've got one in here bigger than that. Think it made it seem more real for the both of us.

Got midwife tomorrow and antenatal class on Thursday again - video time so I expect DP to be totally freaked out.

Still great weather here maybe even get the chance to go out in it later.

You're due 2 days before me though Sweetkitty, so I'm jealous of you too.

Are these green faces new? Very cute.
I'm also 31+5 today too but have 37 days still to work so jealous of all of you
Still, it is a glorious sunny day today - up to 26C apparently which is lovely although a little sweaty!
Not remotely planned yet. In fact all our baby stuff is in Kent in my parents' garage and can't really be picked up until 2nd week of July, so let's hope db doesn't put in too early an appearance.
No appointments until 34 weeks for me when I have midwife and scan to see if low lying placenta has moved. No talk of hospital tours or anything from my lot. I assume they will do all that soon as it would be nice to know where to go when the time comes

wow we are all really close to each other shall we all give birth on the same date

Dino 2nd Aug
Sponge 4th Aug
Sweetkitty 4th Aug
Toothache 6th Aug
Sibble ?
Oliveoil ?
Podmog 28th Aug

Is that everyone???